A car was stopped exterior of a San Diego naval station on Tuesday on suspicion that it contained bomb-making materials, main to 1 particular person being taken into custody.

The car was stopped at roughly 9 a.m. exterior the entrance gate of Naval Air Station North Island, Naval Base Coronado Public Affairs Officer Kevin Dixon advised Newsweek. A person was taken into Naval Prison Investigative Companies custody in connection to the incident, Dixon added.

Dixon mentioned the car triggered safety, and the entrance gate was closed to conduct an investigation of the person and his car. The person was a sailor stationed at Naval Air Station North Island, however Dixon was unable to substantiate whether or not the fabric was truly bomb-making materials, as the fabric continues to be beneath investigation.

"We simply know that when safety noticed it, it was one thing that triggered their consideration, after which they took motion from there," Dixon mentioned.

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A "individual of curiosity was taken into custody after being stopped exterior Naval Air Station North Island" in San Diego, Navy authorities mentioned. On this photograph, sailors aboard the USS Nimitz stand on deck as it's towed-out into San Diego Bay scheduled deployment at North Island Naval Station on Could 7, 2005.Sandy Huffaker/Getty Photos

The bottom's primary gate on third Road and outbound gate on McCain Boulevard have been closed, with individuals being advised to avoid the primary gate and one of many base's buildings in a Fb publish on the Naval Base Coronado web page. The commissary, change and customer heart have been additionally shut down.

Some buildings close to the primary gate have been additionally evacuated, however there was no lockdown, Dixon mentioned.

Naval Base Coronado introduced that every one gates have been open and a shelter-in-place order had been lifted at roughly 2:00 p.m. native time. Naval Air Station North Island's industrial car inspection and the ID lab within the customer management heart stay closed. The ID lab will probably be closed till Wednesday.

The bottom's primary entrance was closed for investigation of a possible car bomb at the least twice lately, in keeping with the Occasions of San Diego.

A probably suspicious system connected to a truck getting into the bottom on January 7, 2020, resulted in an hourlong closure of the primary gate, the Occasions reported. The item was a field with a wire protruding from it on the undercarriage of the car observed by an inspector on the base, Dixon mentioned on the time. It was decided to be a part of the a part of the truck's working system.

The opposite closure occurred on April 20, 2017, in keeping with the Occasions of San Diego. The principle gate was closed for nearly seven hours, leading to heavy visitors on surrounding streets. A bomb squad investigated and located no potential menace.

Replace 02/15/22 6:10 p.m. ET: This story was up to date to incorporate background data and remark from Naval Base Coronado Public Affairs Officer Kevin Dixon.

This can be a growing story and will probably be up to date as extra data turns into obtainable.